Arctic
Co-operatives Limited is a service federation that
is owned and controlled by 31 community-based Co-operative
business enterprises that are located in Nunavut and
Northwest Territories.

Arctic
Co-operatives Limited coordinates the resources, consolidates
the purchasing power and provides operational and
technical support to the community based Co-operatives
to enable them to provide a wide range of services
to their local member owners in an economical manner.

Arctic
Co-operatives Limited was incorporated in 1972.

Provides
support to a co-op network with combined revenues
of approximately $190.7 million in 2013.

The
Member Co-op Patronage Refund in 2013 was $11.2
million.

About
1,000 people are employed in our Co-op network.

The
Co-op System in the north is a great example of
Aboriginal community economic development in Canada